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>> good morning everyone, it is 5:00 a.m., it is monday, november 3. here's what's happening. accuweather shows more mild temperatures will replace the teeth chattering cold. eagles beat the houston texans and may have lost two key players in the process. >> we're one day away from election day if the critical midterm elections, find out how close republicans are nationally to take the senate. >> let's get weather and traffic with david and karen. good morning. >> reporter: satellite and radar showing we have a breeze coming down from the west and keeping us cool. the wind is dieing down in intensity, so we won't have as
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many trees or trash cans on the highways. 38 degrees in in in philadelphia, mid 30s in allentown. 43 on the boardwalks this morning. as we look at the winds, a couple of spots in the teens. generally speaking we're going for a ten to 20-mile an hour breeze, however which is noticeable. not as bad as yesterday. 36 degrees by 6:00. low 40s by 8:00. as we roll through the day, 45 by 9:00. 55 by noon. 59 by 3:00. that will be the high today. 6:00, 51 degrees. karen, we'll be back with the election day call and world of heavy rain in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: before you park it you got to drive it on the roads. this is the schuylkill expressway eastbound heading toward center city no problems
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coming in from conshohocken or gladwyn. on the big picture we have an issue on lincoln drive northbound on gypsy lane, we have report of a car bumper on the roadway. the sixers play tonight at 7:00. you'll see extra congestion in south philadelphia later tonight. in chester county an overnight accident brought down polls and wires, they've got 252 shut down, if you're in the area stick to valley road to avoid the delay with the closure in chester county. one live look on the ben franklin bridge, westbound traffic heading toward center city no issues lanes all open and looking good, tam. >> thank you, karen. developing overnight police are searching for the gunman who robbed a gas station in the murrell park section of philadelphia. this is new video coming into the newsroom. a masked man robbed the sunoco station on the ten thousand block of frankford avenue around
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# 30:00. the that gunman stole cash and fled on food. the eagles scored a big win against the houston, texas answer yesterday, but it did -- houston houston texans yesterday, but it came at a big locals. katherine scott has more outside the link. >> reporter: two key injuries for the birds, multiple sources are saying nick foles broke his collarbone and out indefinitely. he has an mr scheduled later on today. hopefully we'll learn more then. >> now the game is behind us and time to go on to the next game. >> reporter: but the next game could be without two key players. the eagles top the houston texans, 31-21 but it came at a cost. linebacker, demeco resigns picked up a pass and pumped and then he went down.
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his teammates crying as they carted him off the field. >> demeco is a rock for us on defense, we'll see what happens, but the guys have to step up. nick foles was injured in the last play of the first quarter. he waked off the field and went into the locker room for x-rays. mark sanchez stepped in and threw two touchdown passes. >> i said in this league you need two quarterbacks. >> reporter: for now looks like ryans is rout out, katherine
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scott channel 6 "action news." >> voters across the county go to the polls tomorrow and some political analysts believe when the smoke clears republicans will control the house and the senate. the gop needz -- needs to gain at least 6 seats and control congress since 2006. democratic senator corey booker of new jersey is seeking his first full 6 year term being challenged by jeff bell. polls show booker with a big lead. chris coons is running for his first full 6 year term. polls show coons holding a double digit lead. polls open at 6:00 a.m. in new jersey on tuesday. in pennsylvania and delaware, polls will open at 7:00 a.m. all polls will close at 8:00 p.m. rely on "action news" on election night for complete coverage of all the big races. we'll have live digital updates
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throughout the night at 6abc.com. >> 5:05 we're getting a first look inside the abandoned airport hangar where accused cop killer eric frein was hanging out. u.s. marshals captured frein near the hangar. debris littered the floor and gra graffiti was found on the walls. police say he was sleeping on a dirt mattress. >> he met the description, physical for a split section. i was like who's this guy walking in the field in the middle of nowhere. and then i realized it was him. >> police have recovered a viral to determine torched out if it was indeed the rifle that killed bryon dickson and wounded alex douglass. principles of law plan to seek the death penalty. >> a massive tree came crashing
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down in the city of chester crushing five cars parked near the avenues of the america's. the same gusts blew through wallingford, delaware county up rooting a tree and a similar scene in the state of talleyville wilmington. >> windy, i can take cold and rain, but i can't take wind. is that gone for today? >> reporter: we did have high winds. i would say large trees is not the only thing that came down, there's small barges, -- branches, so you have to be careful of that. the camera is bouncing a little bit, so most spots are in the low teens or single digits. 39 in reading, 37 in trenton. a lot of chilly numbers philadelphia up to the north. wilmington holding on to 40. there are spots closer to the
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shore, that are milder, millville, 4 degrees. i'll bring in always on day planner for those watching in hd. we have clouds popping through. event e eventually the clouds to the northwest will ride in. it will be bright. allentown, breezy conditions and cool. 58 degrees. down the shore, similar story, sun and clouds, breezy and cool high of 58 degrees. in philadelphia, we'll go for a high of 59 this afternoon. sun and clouds, chilly conditions, wind out of the west/northwest at 20 miles per hour. probably picking up a little bit after sunrise. as we roll through the day, 42 by 8:00. 51 by 11:00. 58 by 2:00 high of 59 likely around 2:30 or 3, before we see the temperatures fall quickly before we head toward our
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earlier sundown, 54 degrees by 5:00 p.m. this afternoon. electric day, it will be a pretty day, sun and clouds, we'll call it partly sunny yourself. overall. temperatures not too bad, by noon we'll be in the mid 60s in philadelphia. later in the afternoon we might be closer to 60 degrees. with winds relatively speaking on the manageable side doesn't look too bad by the time the polls close at 8:00. no weather related reasons to keep you home from the voting polls tomorrow. 69 degrees, still on the breezy side. tomorrow, winds in the single digits, 66 degrees, it will feel milder in the afternoon. wednesday partly sunny and nice, high up to 68. a frontal boundary comes in from the west, thursday looks cloudy at times, we'll see periods of rain and some of that rain could be heavy.
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when it's pounding down we'll be looking at street flooding, thursday a wet day, a fairly good amount of rain at times. 61 degrees is the high. on friday back to 55. a lingering shower is possible. but it's kind of a transition day back to drier weather. saturday and sunday we're dry, but cooler high of 50 on saturday, 55 on sunday afternoon, okay? >> yes, thank you, david. time right now is 5:10. new information has broke overnight about friday's disastrous inflight test flight spacecraft. >> we have more on the ebola patient who traveled from liberia to new jersey. >> reporter: we've got a new week and new month we've got construction to talk about. >> later in the morning buzz, scientists have come up with a sneaky way to keep an eye
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>> welcome back you're taking a live look down the shore, 51:00, chilly, 42 degrees out there. >> all right, karen, what you got on this monday morning. >> reporter: time to check the suburbs, right? let's go ahead and check delaware county i-95 the commodor barry bridge where traffic is moving nicely. no issues as you head toward the airport. 9 to 3:00 the ramp to bethel road to i-95 will be restricted due to construction. starting in a little bit, not yet, so far so good. 252 southbound which is shut
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down swedesford road downed pole and wireless from an overnight accident. peco is on the scene. stick to valley road that should help you. in the pottstown area here's the new construction 422 between stowe and route 100. there's new construction that will begin today and last through september 2018. from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. beginning today, crews will work to build the eastbound shoulder. they will be doing various construction for a while. let's look at the temperatures through the area. 36 in quakertown, 40 in pottstown, 37 in saint davids. 39 degrees even in center city. we're off to a chilly start. 37 in browns mill, 35 in hammonton, 35 in dover, delaware. >> going on now we should know sometime today if a person in north carolina who traveled from
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lie beer has ebola. the person is in isolation at duke university hospital. the person landed in newark, new jersey on halloween and had no symptoms and did not have any symptoms while talking the bus from new jersey to north carolina on saturday. the person developed the fever yesterday. the. the young brain cancer patient who championed right to die laws has died. a spokesperson for manard said she took a lethal prescription on friday and died on saturday she moved to oregon to take advantage of the doctor assist the suicide laws. >> the sixers host the rockets at the wells fargo center tonight they are 0-3. benefit roth less burger
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it again, he successfully completed a tightrope walk in chicago last night blindfolded an without a harness. he walked over niagara falls. >> let's go outside and check out exton, chester county. route 100 at sunrise boulevard. looking good 9 to 3 north of here and route 100 we have road widening construction that will block a lane, watch for that. the delaware overview the majors are showing no problems i-95 4 minute road from i-95 to 495. mass transit is on time. >> reporter: we're chilly to start out. in philadelphia by 9:00 we expect to be up to 45.
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55 degrees by noon. 59 by 3:00. this will be the high this afternoon. and 51 degrees by 6:00. of course the time has changed and at 6:00 that temperature will be lower we'll see a plunge from 3 to 6:00. the winds will be a factor but not as strong as yesterday. probably running 10 to 20 miles per hour through most of the day. on the big board at the airport, all green aircraft and no hint of rain in all of our most frequently traveled destinations. >> a new study finds that mothers contribute to a child's language developments more than dads. analyzing language they found, 70% of adult responses to infant initiated language came from moms alone. 20% came from dads, but usually only if mothers were around responding, as well. in all, only 10% of adult responses to infant occurred by
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>> 525, good morning, everyone, taking a look at center city. all the winds over the weekend are dissipating, might be breezy today, 42 degrees to start, even chillier in other spots around the area. >> investigators released new details on what might have caused the inflight break up of the virgin galactic spaceship two. they unlocked the feathering for the spaceship earlier than normal. the pilot died in the crash. the co-pilot is in the hospital with serious injuries. the ntsb has not determined a cause for the break up. a full investigation could take up to a year. in the morning buzz, we're talking about cute animals, penguins, they are very shy,
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when researchers try to come toward them they back away and their heart rates go up, so it's hard to get true reading. they came up with a robotic chick. it's a decoy. but the penguins love it. they sing toilet like they do the other chicks now they are able to gather their evidence, everybody has happy feet wherever this is. >> probably think this is a new creature. 5:26 the eagles victory over the houston texans left several battered birds. >> consumer tests which vacuum swept the ♪
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independence blue cross. live fearless. >> this morning on "action news," about the birds fly home, what we know about the eagles injury situation including a potentially serious problem for nick foles. >> election day is tomorrow,
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gubernatorial candidates brought in big help. >> she got worse news possible, but now she is all smiles because of the man who helped her through it. the couple who got engaged after meeting at a local hospital. >> set your clocks it's 5:29. david and karen have weather and traffic. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live has been showing us rain free conditions and satellite and radar shows us there's very little cloud cover out there this morning. more clouds coming down from the northwest with a little bit of a northwest breeze, but nothing like the roaring winds we've had yesterday. be careful of any debris left on the roads as a result of high winds that have not been cleaned up. 38 in philadelphia. 35 in allentown. 37 in trenton. 40 in wilmington, close to the freezing mark in millville and low 40s down the shore. winds not that strong, single digits across much of the
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region. a couple of spots inching up into the teens. if you're camping the school bus over the next couple of hours, 36 by 6:00. 42 by 8:00. mainly clear skies this morning. as we roll through the day, 42 degrees by 8:00. noon by 55. 3:00 p.m., 59 degrees that's going to be the high today. 51 degrees by 6:00 the numbers with the change in time the darkness coming a little bit sooner are going to plunge by dinnertime. karen when i come back we'll have the election day call and word of heavy rain in the seven day. >> reporter: let's check out i-95 looking live near woodhaven road, southbound traffic heading in from center city coming in langhorne or bensalem. no delays, roads and clear and dry. we had an issue on lincoln drive northbound by gypsy lane we had a car bumper in the middle of the roadway. they pushed it off to the side. thing are fine on linln